Differences between Chinese and Western cultureAs we know the differences between the our estern cultures and western cultures are quite obvious.I would like to state some of my opinions in this paper.I.difference in the thinking stylePeople on the earth are homologous,but different people in different place have different performance on the way of thinking. Differences between Chinese and Western way of thinking reflected in many aspects.Such as the difference between abstract and concrete, reflected in their attitudes towards life can be understood as Westernersare more practical, and the Chinese are much more biased towards some spiritual experience. Westerners pay attention to logical thinking, but Chinese pay more attention to dialectical thinking and so on. As Chinese and western way of thinking are different, there are differences in expression of the order. For example,we can see that the names of western style are not like ours,they put their given names at the first place,while we put them after our family names,that is to say,we regard our family more important than ourselves,and it's the traditional way of estern thinking.Westerners have another way of thinking,they think that each person is important in our world and society,and a person should play a important role among our human beings.II.differences in daily communicationWesterners are frank,but chinese are humility.The reflection between westerners and chinese on the treatment of praise is different.In the West, people can accept it generously. As the Chinese have long term impact of Confucian education, we treat others’ praise and recognition not often take the attitude of ourselves, or there is suspected of arrogant. When meeting acquaintances, chinese and westerners greet each other are also different. Chinese people often say "Have you eat ?" "Where are you going?"except the general asked”hello”. In western culture, this is not a greeting, but substantive issues. When British and American people meet,they usually use a polite phrase like "How are you?" or "Nice to meet you!" In addtion,when westerners accept gift from others,they are willing to open it and praise it directly,but chinese do not do like that.III.differences in customsChinese people regard ourselves as descendants of the Dragon.Chinese have a supreme respect for the dragon, we think dragon is a symbol of our nation. In the dynasty time,Chinese emperors generally self-styled "dragon".However,in the West, the dragon was regarded as the devil, and it was killed by the legendary god of protection, so they set a day as a festival to celebrate the lifting of a disaster, and thank the protection of God.For this reason, when the students describe a person's lively, they say "He / She is full of vim and vigor." not"He / She is as lively as a dragon and tiger". Everyone has their favorite color, so does a country and a nation. Chinese like the red colour ,because chinese think red is a symbol of luck and enthusiam. But westerners perfer to the blue colour,they think blue can make themselves calm. Thus,the preferences of different colors can reflect the whole of a country’s aesthetic taste.IV. differences in eating cultrueChinese and Western diets are very different, so the differences also have an impact on the national character. In China, a banquet, no matter what purpose, there will be only one form, that is, everyone sit around one table. People toast each other,and eat the same food in one plate,,It reflects the mutual respect between people even the traditional courteous virtue. Although from the health point of view, this dietary approach has obvious shortcomings, it is consistent with our"great national reunion".In western countries,the most obvious contrast of the Chinese eating style is buffet.That is,display all the dishes,people take what they need, not fixed to one seat for eating,and walk freely.In this way,it can facilitate the emotional exchanges between individuals, showing the Westerners personality and self-respect, however, eating their own food, do not disturb others,it is lack of the mood of Chinese people's party.V. differences in religious beliefNo matter Chinese or Westerners,people believe in different religion.In China, different people believe in different immortals,most people believe in Buddhism,but they also believe in other immortals at the same time. In many Western countries, especially in the Anglo-American, people only believe in Christian, and everyone believe in it including the leaders of the country,but the ruiling party’s members must be atheist in China. In addition, w estern countries’ people tend to think that singular number are lucky ,and they would like to plus one to the whole hundred and thousand,such as one hundred and one thanks, or have one thousand one things to do,etc. On the contrary, the traditional Chinese culture believes that the number of pairs is the lucky number. People use many number of pairs to express the good things ,good luck and so on..。